Overview

• Elon Musk publicly claimed on June 5 that President Trump appears in Jeffrey Epstein’s client files, alleging this is why the list remains sealed.
• On June 6, Newsmax host Carl Higbie asked why Musk allowed his four-year-old son to board Marine One with Trump if he believed the president was linked to Epstein.
• Higbie noted that Trump’s only confirmed encounter with Epstein was a single club visit that ended with Epstein’s expulsion over misconduct.
• Critics including Higbie and other transparency advocates have renewed demands for the unredacted release of Epstein’s client list after the FBI and Attorney General Pam Bondi previously pledged to publish it.
• The escalating dispute has intensified scrutiny of the White House’s handling of Epstein-related documents and tested relations between Musk and the president.